Not sure why these keys were provided for this build from Microsoft. However, I thought that I would provide them should anyone have issue with the installation process.
Note: Changing the value in
Setup.ini on windows 2000 Family (Servers, professional) by just adding 270 at the end removes restriction for entering CD Key ,your CD becomes Volume Licence version.
You can easily tweak the SETUPP.INI file found on the XP installation CD to do two things: change what type of installation media setup thinks you have, and change what type of key your media will accept.
1) Insert a Windows XP installation CD into your optical drive.
2) Look for the
setupp.ini file in the \i386 directory on the disc; copy it to your desktop or some other temporary location.
3) Open the file with Notepad. You’ll see something like this:
ExtraData=707A667567736F696F697911AE7E05
Pid=51882335
4) The second line (“PID=”) is what we’re interested in. Here are the acceptable values for each type of media. The first group of numbers tell setup which type of media you have, and the last three digits tell setup which license keys to accept:
Retail = 51882 335
Volume License = 51883 270
OEM = 82503 OEM
Note that only volume license keys will allow you to skip product activation. Simply, edit the values in notepad and save. Then, rebuild the iso will help one to change their installation to volume license version.